Fabulous Fashion Inventions
From the Series Awesome Inventions You Use Every Day
Did you realize that swimming suits used to weigh 22 pounds (about 10 kilograms)? Or that the first people to wear high heels were French royalty (even the king!) in the 1500s? Get ready to learn the amazing stories behind inventions you use every day. From the society woman who invented bras to the Swiss inventor who came up with the idea for Velcro, you’ll find out how we got some of our favorite fashion inventions.
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| Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 6 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Genre | Science |
| Category | STEM, STEM: Engineering |
| Copyright | 2014 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Lerner Publications ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Publication Date | 2013-08-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 4.3 |
| Text Type | Informational/Explanatory |
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| BISACS | JNF006030, JNF061010, JNF059000 |
| Dewey | 746.9'2 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 7 x 10 |
| Lexile | 700 |
| ATOS Reading Level | 4.5 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 159725 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
| Features | Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Sidebars, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and eSource |
Author: Laura Hamilton Waxman
Laura Hamilton Waxman lives in Minnesota and has written many nonfiction books for young readers.
Lerner eSource™ offers free digital teaching and learning resources, including Common Core State Standards (CCSS) teaching guides. These guides, created by classroom teachers, offer short lessons and writing exercises that give students specific instruction and practice using Common Core skills and strategies. Lerner eSource also provides additional resources including online activities, downloadable/printable graphic organizers, and additional educational materials that would also support Common Core instruction. Download, share, pin, print, and save as many of these free resources as you like!
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School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
“This set is a browsers’ delight as well as a rich resource for science or pop-history report writers.” —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
